4. DeviantArt

While it can certainly be a little chaotic, it does have a search bar which you can use to navigate among the things you have in mind.

You can search according to categories and view the art and designs according to your preferences.

5. FlatIcon

FlatIcon, like its name indicated, is a great online resource to search for flat icons.

They have around 70,000 icons on their website and probably the largest database of free vector icons.

Not only they have a large source where you can choose a lot of icons, but they also contain other features which you’ll no doubt love.

If you use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or After Effects, then you can also use the free FontIcon plugin so that you can use and have direct access to all the icons in their database.

6. Iconfinder

Iconfinder, again as the name indicates, is for finding the perfect icons for your designs.

It’s the primary website I visit in search of simple images. Many are available for free as well.

You can define the category you want to search for and find many icons suitable for your needs.

It’s very convenient with a simple layout which is very user-friendly and easy to work around with.

7. Icon Deposit

Icon Deposit is not only for icons, even if it does bear a focus on it.

It can be used for just about any type of freebie; from buttons, mobile app UIs, buttons, mockup posters, tabloids, and brochures are just a part of its collection.

They’re submitted by designers all over the world. It’s like one of those social communities like Reddit where users, or in this case artists, can share their freebies with other designers around the world as well.

Members can “like” a freebie and upvote it. You can sort out categories based on the most popular icons based on the votes.

Icon Deposit is a great website to share any design freebie and is intended specifically for the convenience of the users.

8. Brands of the World

When you’re working at a corporate level, you need the best quality logs and vectors, and you cannot copy the low-quality logo which they have on their website or any other grainy image as well.

11. FreeVectors

It’s a full community which consists of other vector lovers who like to share their free vectors with everyone.

You can view the vectors according to their updates. Most recent ones will appear on top.

All the vectors uploaded here are free for personal use, and most of them are free for commercial purposes as well.

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12. 1001 Free Downloads

1001 Free Downloads is another one of those websites you happened to stumble upon and were glad you did, because it’s another website which makes things incredibly convenient for designers, especially newbies.

It searches the web for the best quality royalty-free images for you.

It contains in-house UX design resources as well, like thousands of high-quality fonts, gradients, brushes and PSD files. It never takes long to find exactly what you’re looking for.

13. 365PSD

365PSD has been around on the website for over six years. It’s one of the older galleries for freebie archives out there.

It contains almost everything from buttons to icons, to typical web elements. You have a seemingly endless base of Vectors and PSD files at your disposal.

This website is especially perfect for application and web designers.

14. GraphicBurger

GraphicBurger has a friendly, interactive and conversational tone about its website.

The site claims to satisfy your hunger of design and fulfil your craving with its juicy designs available for free.

Look through the long list of designs until one manages to catch your eye. All the designs contained in GraphicBurger are free for both commercial and personal use, as that its aim.

15. CSS Author

CSS Author is also one of the leading online providers of free resources for graphic designing and web designing.

The website also contains a blog devoted to providing you with relevant tutorials and articles for fellow designers and developers and that’s what it’s known well for.

Free design resources are not only used for altering them in your designs, but they offer a very good idea into how things work.

Every designer needs a push once in a while, and these websites are a great source of inspiration, as well as gaining knowledge.

They give an idea about which kinds of free graphic design resources that are floating around the market.

If you want exposure, you can also submit one of your designs to any of these websites, and you’re sure to generate a great response in the ever-active communities.

That’s what graphic designers are most well-known for, they’re very helpful to each other and provide a lot of support.

After all, if you were helped by these websites, why not help someone else who’s currently going through the same difficulties you faced in the past?

Author Bio: Ashleigh Everton is a social media strategist now associated with creative writing organisation Peak Dissertation. She has efficiently conducted various kinds of social media discussions and chats in the past. She is planning to start her blog in few days for the sake of enhancing knowledge of young students and beginners.

15 Comments

Brian
on February 15, 2019 at 2:44 pm

Can you recommend any basic graphic design book with chapter summary or test questions?

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